Free TV Guide Online: See What Is On Right Now
A free online TV guide for thousands of channels — how to see what is playing now, search for a show by name, and find when your programme airs in your own time zone.
A list of channels tells you what exists. A TV guide tells you what is on. That is the difference between flicking past a hundred logos and actually finding something to watch.
What a TV guide gives you
- The programme playing right now on each channel, with how much of it is left.
- What is coming up tonight and tomorrow.
- A way to search by show, instead of guessing which channel carries it.
- Times in your own time zone, not the broadcaster's.
Teleora builds a guide for about 2,700 channels from open programme data, refreshed daily.
"What is on now?"
Open Live TV. Channels with a guide show the current programme under the channel name, so a news bulletin, a film and a repeat are easy to tell apart before you click. Open a channel and you get the full schedule: now, next, and the rest of the day, with past programmes greyed out.
Searching for a show by name
Type a show into the search box — for example KBC — and the results start with an On TV block: which channel airs it, whether it is on right now, and the next two airings, converted to your local time. Short forms work too, because the guide also indexes the initials of every programme title.
Why some channels have no guide
Programme data is published by broadcasters and volunteers, and not every channel is covered — small regional and music channels often have none. Those channels still play; they simply show no schedule. Coverage grows as new data appears, and the guide is rebuilt every day.
Time zones, the thing everyone gets wrong
A schedule is useless if it is in someone else's time. Every time on Teleora is converted in your browser, so a show listed at 9:00 PM is 9:00 PM where you are sitting, and the guide says which time zone it used.
What the guide can and cannot tell you
| The guide shows | It cannot show |
|---|---|
| The programme on air now, and how long is left | Whether a match went to extra time |
| Tonight's and tomorrow's schedule | Last-minute schedule changes for breaking news |
| Which channels carry a show, in your time | Streaming-only shows with no broadcast slot |
| The category of a programme | Whether a repeat is the episode you missed |
Schedules come from broadcasters and volunteers, so they are as good as the data published — very good for big channels, patchy for small ones.
Short forms, spellings and why search still finds the show
A guide that only matches exact titles is useless in real life. Searching here also matches:
- Initials —
KBCfinds Kaun Banega Crorepati. - Part of a name —
banegaworks as well as the full title. - Case and spacing —
kbc,KBC,K B Call land.
Results are grouped by channel, with at most the next two airings each, so one show on twenty channels does not fill the page.
Building a viewing plan in two minutes
- Search the show; note the channel and time.
- Open that channel now to check the stream works before the programme starts.
- Keep the guide tab open — the current programme updates by itself.
How the guide is built and refreshed
Programme data is collected daily, converted into a compact file per channel, and rebuilt overnight. Your browser converts every time into your own zone, so nothing is shown in a foreign clock. When a new guide is published, the show search index is rebuilt with it.
FAQ
Is the TV guide free?
Yes, and there is no account. It is built from open programme data and refreshed daily.
How many channels have a guide?
About 2,700, with roughly 137,000 programme entries at the last build.
Can I search for a show instead of a channel?
Yes. Search the site for the programme name and the results show which channels air it, now or later.
Are the times shown in my time zone?
Yes. Times are converted in your browser and the zone is shown next to the results.
Why does my channel show no programmes?
Nobody publishes open schedule data for that channel yet. It still plays normally.
How far ahead does the guide go?
Usually today and tomorrow, sometimes a few days, depending on how much the broadcaster publishes.
Can I set a reminder for a show?
Not yet. For now the guide shows the next two airings per channel so you can plan around them.
Why is a programme name in a different language?
Because the broadcaster publishes it that way. Guides use the language of the channel’s home market.
